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Anand Reviews Athlon 64 FX-53
trickofperspective writes "Anandtech has a review of AMD's latest processor, the Athlon 64 FX-53. Long story short -- the FX-53 is a "very solid processor," but you'd be better off waiting a couple months for Socket 939."
Tom's review is here.
I had a conversation with a neophyte that was looking to "build their own computer" yesterday...He was obsessed with the idea that megahertz=performance...I tried to tell him that an FX-51, 52, or 53 would be a much better performer, all around, than any Pentium 4, "Extreme Gaming Edition" (as he put it) or not...but in the end, he was swayed by things like "Hyperthreading" and "Netburst"...AMD is having a hard time fighting against Megahurtz Madness and Buzzword Bufoonery.
You can always get a better piece of technology by waiting just a little longer--the only real reason to wait then is if the standard is going to change. If you buy this current chip, it'll be the best you can get right now. When they change to socket 939, however, you'll be stuck with what you've got--no upgrade for you!
It's always best to buy right when the standard changes, so that you have the ability to upgrade later if you want to. If you buy right before the change, you guarantee having to purchase a whole bunch of new stuff for the next upgrade.
Whooo! I can get one of these for 73 cents! :-P
Yeah yeah, I know what they mean, but that's some horrible wording.
LOAD "SIG",8,1
What they probably mean is the chip has the capability to set segments of memory with a do not execute bit, for parts of memory such as the stack. That reduces the amount of things that a hacker can do if he finds a buffer overflow to exploit.
It just means that it has buffer overflow protection integrated into the silicon. This is just good engineering practice rather than an Orwellian plot. The article just dumbed it down.
Dewey, you fool! Your decimal system has played right into my hands!
So if I wait long enough, better, faster stuff will come out?
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i think michaels computers had this processor in his systems for months now, this is old news ...
It is also insanely expensive, around $500/gallon!
Wow, that's almost as much as a comparable amount of Starbuck's coffee...
What he is saying, is that the current socket form factor will be discontinued in a few months. If you want to ensure any sort of future compatibility as far as upgrades are concerned, bite your lip and wait a few months for the new socket.
This has been discussed a thousand times. Here goes one more...
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So please, when you find that cluestick - make sure to give yourself a good whack with it.
Hooray for Flash Click to View!